The taxonomic status of Papilio maackii and P.syfanius has long been disputed.We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study to evaluate the taxonomic status of P.maackii and P.syfanius.A total of twenty-four P.maackii i...The taxonomic status of Papilio maackii and P.syfanius has long been disputed.We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study to evaluate the taxonomic status of P.maackii and P.syfanius.A total of twenty-four P.maackii individuals from six localities and sixteen P.syfanius individuals from two localities were analyzed.We sequenced the partial region of the CO-I gene（about 579 bp） and partial CO-II gene sequence（about 655bp） of the two species.The Kimura-2-Parameter distances among P.maackii and P.syfanius ranged from 0 to 0.6%.Fifteen haplotypes were obtained based on the combined data set.The results strongly supported that all P.maackii individuals and all P.syfanius individuals formed a large clade,and could not be divided into separated clades.This research indicated that the two species have only very recently undergone speciation.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870359)Anhui Scholar Special Fund in Science and Technology (KJ2009B015)
文摘The taxonomic status of Papilio maackii and P.syfanius has long been disputed.We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study to evaluate the taxonomic status of P.maackii and P.syfanius.A total of twenty-four P.maackii individuals from six localities and sixteen P.syfanius individuals from two localities were analyzed.We sequenced the partial region of the CO-I gene（about 579 bp） and partial CO-II gene sequence（about 655bp） of the two species.The Kimura-2-Parameter distances among P.maackii and P.syfanius ranged from 0 to 0.6%.Fifteen haplotypes were obtained based on the combined data set.The results strongly supported that all P.maackii individuals and all P.syfanius individuals formed a large clade,and could not be divided into separated clades.This research indicated that the two species have only very recently undergone speciation.
